VGMarketSurvey Winners Announced, More Winners To Be Chosen

[Spinwhiz]

No surveys and fake emails from noreply@battle.net stating that there have been changes to my account. Since I use the authenticator, there is no physical way of this happening. Not really good.
Also, living in Hong Kong, I suspect that there won't be a single survey for me as it has been the state of things since the sign-up. Should have lied and registered as USA resident...

I got the same thing from Battle.net this week BEFORE I blindly filled in the info here - I think Blizzard's just been getting attacked, no fault of these guys, tbh.

That said, I like how US-centric some of the profile questions were - "Which [major US super-store chains] do you shop at?" "which US telecoms provider are you with?" "Which US broadband provider?" No university-level education, just 'some college'?

Current occupation: Student. Current employment info: -.-U

Really fills me with confidence.

They give surveys to an international audience. Why you got a survey if you aren't in the US is strange, and I will bring that up to them, but they do have clients around the world. It all depends on who their clients want to focus on.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

Urgh I wish I never got involved with this whole thing >_<

All it's done is make me paranoid. I was signed up for weeks and didn't get one survey, I just gave away all my info for free.

Why are you paranoid? As I've stated previously, just because you don't have a survey to take yet does not mean you aren't going to get any. It could be a number of reasons, which is why they ask for different information when you sign up. Just give it time, you'll get surveys to take.

Yeah, what's with all the people saying it's a scam because they didn't get a survey? Probably the companies buying surveys (or however that works) are more US based. Maybe they'll be better about it in the future, maybe not. Either way that doesn't indicate it's a scam.

I've taken a few surveys, and have a couple dollars built up. I can't wait for the amazon voucher, because $10 is roughly the price of an album.

 

[Wicky_42]

No surveys and fake emails from noreply@battle.net stating that there have been changes to my account. Since I use the authenticator, there is no physical way of this happening. Not really good.
Also, living in Hong Kong, I suspect that there won't be a single survey for me as it has been the state of things since the sign-up. Should have lied and registered as USA resident...

I got the same thing from Battle.net this week BEFORE I blindly filled in the info here - I think Blizzard's just been getting attacked, no fault of these guys, tbh.

That said, I like how US-centric some of the profile questions were - "Which [major US super-store chains] do you shop at?" "which US telecoms provider are you with?" "Which US broadband provider?" No university-level education, just 'some college'?

Current occupation: Student. Current employment info: -.-U

Really fills me with confidence.

They give surveys to an international audience. Why you got a survey if you aren't in the US is strange, and I will bring that up to them, but they do have clients around the world. It all depends on who their clients want to focus on.

It wasn't a survey - that was just filling in the profilling questions! How they expect to be able to profile an international audience with several sections that have no option for anyone outside the US I don't know - and by not being able to fill those in I'm most likely putting myself at a disadvantage for selection. Bah.

 

[Spinwhiz]

No surveys and fake emails from noreply@battle.net stating that there have been changes to my account. Since I use the authenticator, there is no physical way of this happening. Not really good.
Also, living in Hong Kong, I suspect that there won't be a single survey for me as it has been the state of things since the sign-up. Should have lied and registered as USA resident...

I got the same thing from Battle.net this week BEFORE I blindly filled in the info here - I think Blizzard's just been getting attacked, no fault of these guys, tbh.

That said, I like how US-centric some of the profile questions were - "Which [major US super-store chains] do you shop at?" "which US telecoms provider are you with?" "Which US broadband provider?" No university-level education, just 'some college'?

Current occupation: Student. Current employment info: -.-U

Really fills me with confidence.

They give surveys to an international audience. Why you got a survey if you aren't in the US is strange, and I will bring that up to them, but they do have clients around the world. It all depends on who their clients want to focus on.

It wasn't a survey - that was just filling in the profilling questions! How they expect to be able to profile an international audience with several sections that have no option for anyone outside the US I don't know - and by not being able to fill those in I'm most likely putting myself at a disadvantage for selection. Bah.

Again, something I can bring up to them for sure. Thank you for the feedback.

 

[wsmieszek]

Since you have an authenticator, those are obviously phishing emails. Every WoW player gets them.

Fair enough. I just assumed the causality because never got those emails before and, as a matter of fact, am and was never a WoW player.

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I hope that the international coverage will be resolved and we get the access to the surveys.

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Thanks for clarifying some of the issues

 

[Galad]

I'm getting a "403 - Forbidden: Access is denied" error when trying to access both the link here, and their main page. What's up?

It may be that the site is info is being updated or the bandwidth is full. Give it 10 minutes and try again. If you are still having problems, drop me a PM please.

I remembered now and tried, a week after this post, and I still get the same error..

 

[Spinwhiz]

I'm getting a "403 - Forbidden: Access is denied" error when trying to access both the link here, and their main page. What's up?

It may be that the site is info is being updated or the bandwidth is full. Give it 10 minutes and try again. If you are still having problems, drop me a PM please.

I remembered now and tried, a week after this post, and I still get the same error..

Strange but good to know. Could you please PM me the email you have used to create your account (or would have it created with if you haven't had a chance to). From there I will email our rep directly.

 

[wench]

Got two surveys so far, netted $.20. Never got the CD either, which is a bit disappointing. Haven't cancelled the account yet, but it's not winning me over.

 

[Shihoudani]

Part of the annual update I seem to do for this. Currently I've gotten maybe five to six surveys a week, sometimes a little less and sometimes a little more. Currently sitting at just over $14 from all the surveys I've done with VGMarkets.

 

[slader76]

FYI for anyone who may be doubting this. I am apparently one of the two winners as i got my three games JUST TODAY!! i thought i was supposed to review them or something but i came here and saw my name on the prize list!! I've only recieved maybe 5 surveys since i signed up and i only got 10 cents for them because i didnt fully qualify for them. I think the email hacking thing is a bit suspicious, my OLD email was hacked but not my new one. Anyway Thanks VGMarketing and Escapist Magazine!!

 

[niceguy191]

I knew this whole VG marketing thing was too good to be true... I signed up about a month ago, have gone for every survey suggested (a total of 6 of them) and have racked up the grand total of.... $1.30! At this rate I'll have a $10 gift card by May of next year for most likely several hours worth of work (I get the feeling of working minimum wage in a third world country without the flies buzzing around my face! It's like a staycation!!).

What seems to happen most of the time is about 3 questions in the survey decides I'm not in the target group and gives me $0.10 just because I tried I guess. What I don't understand is the sheer amount of information I needed to fill out for my VG Market account should let them know whether I'm in the target group or not before I'm invited to do the survey... What's the point of filling out that profile if none of it is used to find the surveys?? Why do the surveys start out with asking a/s/l like some desperate basement dweller when that information SHOULD already be known since it was used to determine if I even get invited to do the survey in the first place?

Oh and just a little side note (sorry I'm not trying to be a jerk here this just bothered me a bit). Spinwhiz you said earlier that "Scams don't give anything back. That is why they are considered scams." but all of the best scams give you something off of the start to get you in deeper, and THEN they rip you off. That's how a Ponzi scheme works, and that's why you should be doubtful when something seems too good to be true. I'm not saying that the VG Market thing is a scam (I just think it's a waste of time), just that saying it gives you stuff up front to prove that it's not a scam doesn't really work.

 

[chronobreak]

I knew this whole VG marketing thing was too good to be true... I signed up about a month ago, have gone for every survey suggested (a total of 6 of them) and have racked up the grand total of.... $1.30! At this rate I'll have a $10 gift card by May of next year for most likely several hours worth of work (I get the feeling of working minimum wage in a third world country without the flies buzzing around my face! It's like a staycation!!).

What seems to happen most of the time is about 3 questions in the survey decides I'm not in the target group and gives me $0.10 just because I tried I guess. What I don't understand is the sheer amount of information I needed to fill out for my VG Market account should let them know whether I'm in the target group or not before I'm invited to do the survey... What's the point of filling out that profile if none of it is used to find the surveys?? Why do the surveys start out with asking a/s/l like some desperate basement dweller when that information SHOULD already be known since it was used to determine if I even get invited to do the survey in the first place?

Well, you could look at it this way, you only need like 6 dollars in credit on the site to get a ten dollar gift card, which ain't bad at all, and plus, if you're getting ten cents for barely answering anything, isn't that a good deal? I mean, unless you had something better to do, but most people are probably just sitting online anyways.

I'm a member, but have no idea how they would know I am a member here as well.

 

[Rhymenoceros]

I signed up the first time the Escapist mentioned it.
My profile is filled out 100% (with a lot of irrelevant and very personal data)
And I still haven't been invited to any surveys.

 

[TimbukTurnip]

I signed up for this when it was orignially mentioned. My profile is 90% filled out (I decided to remove my mobile number) and since then I've only been invited to do one survey - about beverages - that had ended when I got round to do it.

 

[Tharwen]

I signed up on that website on the day the staff here posted it, and filled in all of my information (except employment because I'm at school). I received one survey within about 10 minutes of doing that, and have been offered nothing since.

Also, someone logged into my Battle.net account without me knowing about two months ago (and my Gmail account was accessed from China, but nothing was sent from it and it might have just been a bug or me using a proxy server).

I'll just be off to change all of my passwords now.

 

[TriGGeR_HaPPy]

I'm not going to delete my VGMarket Account. Not any time soon at least (though, to be honest, the thought has crossed my mind a couple times by now).

I realise it's not a scam, and I've trusted The Escapist for a couple of years. Here's hoping nothing'll happen now. ^_^

But I'm in the same boat as, apparently, a lot of other people. I signed up when it was first announced on here as a partnership between VGMarket Surveys and The Escapist, and my profiles were/are filled out 100%. But apart from the occasional "Daily" Poll, nothing's happened.
Again, I'm not sure what I was expecting. But for an online survey site, I kinda, at least, y'know... expected to do an actual survey or 2. >_>

Anyway, well done @Spinwhiz in dealing with those who insisted this is a scam, and I hope to hear some news about some more game companies using this site. And here's hoping some of it is for Australians, too.
It's just a little aggravating, though. Checking my VGMarket account each day, and getting the same message telling me that I haven't been invited to any survey's yet. :S

 

[Mcupobob]

For those who don't know surveys come and go, if you don't check the site regulatory then a survey that you qualified for might have expired.

Anywho grats to the winners, I do get surveys ever now and then but I haven't been really participating to them.